Citizens Seek Civilian Public Service Camp in Iowa County Petition
Residents of Johnson Iowa and Washington counties presented petitions to Gen. Charles H. Grahl urging a government operated civilian public service camp for conscientious objectors. The proposal would repurpose the nearby CCC camp near Solon, soon evacuated, to house about 200 men.
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Iowa City
Charles H. Grahl
Selective Service
Johnson
Iowa
Washington
CCC
Solon
Control of Madagascar Vital to Allies in World War II
The article warns that Madagascar, a French Indian Ocean island near Africa, is a strategic aim for Japan as it eyes a push toward India. Its capture would grant the Axis a key naval base threatening Allied shipping from Cape Town through the Middle East, India, Burma, and Australia.
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India
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
United Nations
Cape Town
Middle East
Burma
Australia
Mayotte and Comoro Islands
Tananarivo
Record tax returns flood Des Moines office sets daily high
Des Moines IRS office received 10 thousand taxable federal income tax returns on Thursday, surpassing Wednesday’s 8,900 in a single day. Officials noted Wednesday’s filings yielded 1,245,000 dollars, while Thursday’s total money due remains to be calculated.
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Des Moines
FE. H. Birmingham
Internal Revenue
Changes in melt unit unloading lines at plant
Burlington plant officials said recommended changes in the draw-off system at the Iowa ordnance plant will begin immediately. The valve system update follows an investigation into an explosion on March 4 that killed 22 workers and damaged a melt unit.
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Burlington
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Ordnance Department
Farm Life Education Highlighted at Rural Conference
Sioux City. George Godfrey, director of agricultural relations at Town State College, spoke at Morningside College sixth annual rural life conference. He argued education must teach people to be farmers as a life calling, not only for science, and emphasized the need for individuals who want to live on a farm.
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Sioux City
George Godfrey
Town State College
Rural Life
Morningside College
Godfrey
Gillette to Probe Corn Alcohol Plants in Iowa
Senator Guy M. Gillette wins approval to form a subcommittee to investigate claims that alcohol and oil interests block locating corn alcohol plants in Iowa to protect rubber production. The probe links corn alcohol to butadiene and synthetic rubber, amid rubber shortages and tension with oil groups and the Truman committee.
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Iowa
Gillette
FBI Agents Battle Deserters in Abingdon Firefight
In Abingdon Virginia FBI agents Hubert J. Tracey and Charles Tignor confronted two Army deserters from Fort Eustis who had abducted a taxicab driver. Tracey died of wounds, Tignor was wounded but in favorable condition after the pursuit and gun battle near the cafe and railroad station. Deserters were identified as Privates James Edward Testerman and Charles J Lovett who fled in a taxi and later abandoned it.
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Abingdon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hubert J. Tracey
New York
Abingdon Hospital
Charles Tignor
Tignor
James Edward Testerman
Charles J. Lovett
FBI
Fort E Oglethorpe, Ga
Scarlet Fever Serum Clinic Planned For Local Residents
A serum collecting clinic will operate Thursday afternoon March 19 in Dr C A Boices office. It opens at two o clock and is led by a Des Moines serum center technician and Dr Ruth Church director of the county health unit. Residents over 12 who had scarlet fever within seven months are asked to donate one half pint of blood for scarlet fever serum used in treatment.
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C. A. Boice
Des Moines
Ruth Church
State Department of Health
Supreme Court May Rule On Pinball Gambling Question
Des Moines March 13 UP The Iowa supreme court was asked to decide whether pin ball machines that pay off in free games are gambling devices. Jens Grothe assistant state attorney general urged outlawing the machines citing element of chance and that free games have value.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Jens Grothe
Coast Guard enlistment shifts local induction group
Washington county selective service board said one of two volunteers will fill a vacancy in the group set to be inducted next week. The change follows the enlistment of Don Stutsman of Washington in the Coast Guard, who had been listed for the county's upcoming draft.
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Washington County
Gillette to Probe Wider Fields in War Production Board
The War Production Board is alleged to be controlled by oil industry linked interests and American Industrial Alcohol, holder of a major oil group. Senator Gillette expects broad powers to investigate anything germane, with potential fallout as the inquiry begins.
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War Production Board
American Industrial Alcohol
Gillette
Germaine
Iowa
Washington
Jennie Fleming Taken by Death
Jennie Fleming 84 died at her home in Ainsworth after a long illness. Funeral at 10 a.m. Monday at Washington United Presbyterian Church with Rev. George Kerr officiating, burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. She taught rural schools and was active in church work with ties to the First United Presbyterian church.
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Washington United Presbyterian Church
Jennie Fleming
Ainsworth
George Kerr
Woodlawn
L. A
Seize Scrap Metal Valparaiso Files Report
United States marshal with two military aides seized scrap metal Valparaiso on March 13 4UP with operation details unclear from the fragment.
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Valparaiso, Inc
Sugar rationing dates still indefinite in county plan
The county rationing board at the courthouse reported no final dates set for sugar rationing, with a probable postponement from the original schedule next week. Supplies have arrived except for registration instructions for teachers, rural teachers to meet at the courthouse tomorrow to receive materials and slips by the weekend if they arrive in time.
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County Rationing Board
Court House
Roosevelt May Veto Farm Bill Likely
President Roosevelt may veto the 1943 agricultural department appropriation of 650 million dollars if the bill bars using funds to sell farm commodities below parity. Congress put a provision in the supply bill with a feed-augmentation exception. Administration leaders oppose, warning it would accelerate inflation and raise food prices by about a billion dollars.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Roosevelt
Agricultural Department
House
Police seize 200000 pounds scrap at Frank Su Mac yard
Police moved into the Frank Su Mac junk yard and requisitioned 200000 pounds of scrap metal after the owner persistently refused to sell at price administration rates.
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Frank Sumac
Roosevelt studies wartime wage and profit control
President Roosevelt said he is giving general consideration to controlling wartime wages and profits but has reached no decision. He noted the Canadian plan of limiting wages while allowing bonuses to offset living cost increases is one of several options under study and did not indicate moving toward immediate action.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
German Vessels Concentrate on Coast of Norway
London report says German warships mass along the Norwegian coast near the Tirpitz and Gneisenau attack sites. A reliable source notes the Tirpitz, sister to the Bismarck, was with other vessels when attacked by British flying boats shortly after daylight Monday near Norway.
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Norway
London
U.P
Norwegian
Kiel
Spring vacation dates announced by Wash. schools
Supt. E A Ralston of the Washington public schools announced that spring vacation will begin at the close of the regular school day on Friday March 27 and that classes will resume on the morning of Monday April 6 after a one week break.
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Supt
E. A. Ralston
The
Washington Public Schools
Aim to Cut Route to Australia
Allied and Japanese actions unfold across the Pacific with Australia under pressure as American and Australian air forces bombard Japanese positions. U S submarines and planes strike at New Guinea and nearby waters while Sydney awaits Roosevelt’s formal reply to Curtin.
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Australia
United Press
Japan
Solomon Islands
America
Buka Island
Solomons
John Curtin
Roosevelt
Port Moresby
New Guinea
U. S
Southwest
Washington
Slalamaua
Lae
House Votes Cut In Appropriation In U S Farm Bill
The House tentatively approves a 25 million dollar reduction in the agriculture department rural rehabilitation program within the 1948 agriculture supply bill. The $50.3 million appropriation drops to $25.3 million on a 142 to 119 teller vote amid farm-state concerns over aid to needy farmers.
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House
U.S
Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Farm Security Administration
Chamber
Everette M. Dirksen
Res Publican
Ilinois
Dirksen
Viereck Sentenced to Prison Term in Propaganda Case
George Sylvester Viereck, a German agent convicted of concealing propaganda activities from the state department, was sentenced in Washington to two to six years in prison.
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Washington, DC
George Sylvester Viereck
State Department
Fire extinguished on Normandie liner bulkhead in New York
A small fire broke out today in the burned liner Normandie bulk, but firemen quickly controlled and extinguished it with no damage reported.
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New York
Normandie
Malvern Robbery Hit J E Randerson Store at 3 A M
A burglary at the J E Randerson clothing store in Malvern occurred at 3 a.m. Suits shirts sweaters and trousers were taken. The alarm sounded when the case with suits was opened. The store carries burglar insurance.
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Malvern
J. EB. Randerson Clothing
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Senate
Alvin Barkley
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Ed Smith
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